What do you usually have in your handbag?

toucan

If we were to look inside your handbag, what would we usually find?

my handbag contains:
wallet
Blackberry
iPod
pack of baby wipes
aluminium bottle for refilling with water

cosmetics case with
lipstick
lipgloss
Colgate Wisps (brilliant things which are individually packaged disposable mini toobrushes with paste already in them)
powder compact
eyeliner
Essie cuticle pen



small Swiss Army knife (includes tweezers, scissors, etc)

small hairbrush

pen and notepad
think that's it.

SeekUp

In every bag I own I have a few things ready so that if I need to switch bags in a hurry, all I have to do is toss in my wallet and bberry:

Chapstick
Hand lotion
Nail file/emery board
Pen
Gum

I also tend to always have old receipts that I never clean out . . .

Xiney

wallet
lip balm
nalgene bottle
fold up hairbrush
keys
mobile
2 foldup shopping bags
small makeup bag

edit: forgot about the notebook & pen that I always have with me as well

PrettyInPunk

You guys carry alot:

The only things i find a necessity to have in my handbag are

cigarettes
lighter
wallet
phone
ipod
water
powder
car keys

other than that i might use a bag and have some other **** still in it but there the only things i would need

mental07

Am never without the following:

Wallet
Phone
Keys
MP3 player

Sometimes there can be found:

Headache tablets
Comb (or hairbrush, depending on the size of the bag)
Pen
Powder for the visage if I think I might need it
Lip balm
A book or newspaper (again, depending on the size of the bag)

purse
keys
vaseline
phone

skywards

Wallet
Phone
Keys

Though I generally just cram everything in my pockets .

liah

Oh jesus. My handbag is my life;

-passport
-wallet
-2 tubes of lip balm in different shades
-3 or 4 eyeliner pencils
-1 or 2 pens
-mascara
-foundation
-concealer
-toner
-full-sized round hair brush
-two or three little eyeshadow pots
-camera
-lipstick
-2 bottles of different perfumes (I mix)
-pencil sharpener
-tiny little box with safety pins, a needle, a bit of thread and buttons
-small pair of scissors
-nail clippers
-thumb pick (guitar)
-rolling papers
-miniature padlock and key (no idea why)
-a german mark
-a small mirror
-antiperspirant can
-a lollipop
-occasionally an umbrella
-occasionally a notebook, if I remember

My phone and mp3 player and keys live in the pockets of my leather jacket which I never really remove.

This comes from being a little transient (I get stuck in a lot of crappy situations); I keep everything on me at all times.

My handbag isn't very big, either, when I start pulling things out it's like a bloody clown car, nobody can ever figure out how I can fit so much in there, but I do. It fits quite nicely under my arm, only about six inches deep or so. If that.

jesus liah I hope you've done a course in manual handling :pac:

TriceMarie

mental07 wrote: »

Powder for the visage if I think I might need it)

Nice one on the wod "visage" tehe:p..


Depends...if I'm just poping to town for a few jobs I'd prob just bring the essentials:
Phone
Purse
Keys

If it's a slighty long trip:
(If I remembered to charge it) my mp3
Cigarettes
Lighter
Chewing gum
Sunglasses
Passport
A book
Notepad
Pen
Hair brush
Make up wipes
&Make up bag;which contains:
Eyeshadow,lipgloss&mirror compact
Mascara
Tweezers
Eyeliner
Teeth whitener
Powder
Foundation stick
Concealer
Eyeshadow and concealer brushs

Léan

Oh god, i keep so much stuff in my bag.

Always have
Bag full of makeup (foundation, concealer, eyeshadows, moisturiser, mascara x 3, eyeliner).
Bottle of water
Keys
Wallet
Phone
Passport
Tissues
Carmex
Hairbrush
Comb

Usually have
Umbrella
Socks
Pens
Assorted lipsticks
Chewing gum
Chocolate bar of some sort
Tones of bus tickets :pac:

Think thats it for now :pac: Would probably be worse if my bag was in front of me.

Stheno

There's a very entertaining thread on this already which always cheers me up

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055203055&highlight=handbag&page=8

From there:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=57471454&postcount=113

psycho-hope

work keys
house keys
mobile phone
lip balm
purse
learners permit
loose change that i couldnt be bothered to put in purse
umbrella
lip gloss
pressed powder

GirlInterrupted

Antacid tablets.
MP3 player
Phone
Paracetamol
Mini LED torch
Swiss Army Knife
Wallet
House/car keys
Lots of spare hair elastics that somehow breed in the bottom of the bag
Small makeup purse containing 8 hour cream, lipbalm, mascara, and compact mirror
Serious hairbrush
Carton of chocolate covered raisins
Foldy Uppy reading glasses

If I'm going out for the night the contents are limited to keys, phone, wallet, mirror, hairbrush and lipstick.

Faith

Wallet
Keys
Mobile (sometimes two)
Old receipts
Eyeliner if I'm out
Mirror
A condom (it's been there for a while, and I don't use them right now, so it's in case a friend is ever stuck)
Tampons
A pen
Old chewing gum
Vaseline
Lip gloss

Wibbs

Apologies in advance for the bloke intrusion....

Wow! :eek: That's all I can say. Right I'm now taking names of those out there I want with me on a desert island for survival purposes. liah is in the lead so far with GirlInterrupted coming a close second. With that lot they could start a fire, make a signal, write help letters and make a sail for the raft and take pictures for the inevitable book that would follow.

Handbags have fascinated me. Damn near every woman I've known for any length of time has helped me out with something out of her handbag. One ex of mine had a first aid kit in hers. I laughed when I brought her fishing one time and she brought it with her. Oh how I laughed at her. Right up to the moment when I hooked myself in the ear. Her laughter ended up being louder....The design aspect too. One of my women mates reckons I'm a dab hand at spotting a good un. Must be right beside the love for gooey choccy gene on my Y chromosome.

BTW Great idea for a thread I have to say.

Wibbs

Actually GirlInterrupted seems to have read the SAS guide to useful stuff one should carry in ones handbag.:D

Nevyn

I don't have an everyday handbag, I have a black backpack, it has pretty red ribbon tied on to it, I do have going out hand bags which are smaller, but I can still fit ALOT in them.

I know the ammount of stuff I have in the backpack pockets fluxuates but I would rather have something and not need it then need it and not have it.
Hang over from being the eldest of 5 and a scout/guide leader long before I was ever a Mammy.

In back pack usually.

Black umbrella
hairbrush
toothbrush
two lipsticks
gum
plasters
pens
postits
notebook
phone
wallet
mp3 player
books
rescue remedy
knife
green tea
mini sewing kit
plasters
condoms
flying fox temple balm
tissues
bottle of water
keys
usb key
hair bobbins
hair clips
hair slide
fluxx card game
stamps
hand cream
psoriasis cream
clear nail polish
manicure stick
pencil
pencil parer
tin of sweets
bpal perfume oil imps
kotex
lighter
screw driver
occasionally rope ( don't ask )
Dice
mirror

tote/makeup bag
(only if I am out all day and/or staying over night somewhere)
Flatter shoes
clean underwear
moisturizer
mascara
eyeliner
eye shadows
tweezers
blusher and brush
pan stick and sponge
concealer
deodorant
fav perfume

GirlInterrupted

liah wrote: »

Oh jesus. My handbag is my life;

That can't possibly be a handbag Liah, surely its a suitcase?:D

Wibbs wrote: »

Actually GirlInterrupted seems to have read the SAS guide to useful stuff one should carry in ones handbag.:D

What can I say, I'm a practical girl.:)

Xiney

My OH nicknamed me the walking pharmacy since if we go anywhere far from home I carry the following:

- anti-nausea tablets
- neurofen plus
- antacids
- gas-x
- plasters
- tissues

rainbow kirby

Usually I have:

Wallet
Keys
Phone
MP3 player
Whatever book I'm reading
Lip balm (currently 3 ChapSticks - strawberry, cherry and original)
Notebook and pen
Mints or chewing gum
(possibly) Bottle of water

dancingqueen

Takes a breath:

Wallet
Phone
Keys
Passport
Driving
Camera
Monthly Prescription (so I don't lose it!)
iPod
Bottle of water
Book
Mini light to attach to book for reading in darkness
Always
Chewing gum
Nintendo DS
Guitar hero plug in :rolleyes:
DS games
Phone Charger
Tissues
Wet wipes
Chocolate bar
Hand cream
Antibacterial gel
Mini hair clip thingys
USB key
Internet banking card/calculator thingy
Spare socks
Hairbrush
Deodorant
Perfume (sometimes 2 bottles)
Vaseline
Fruity Lip balm
My crocs

Make up bag containing:
Mineral powder
Blusher
Brushes
Eyeshadow
Eye pencil
Mascara (x2)
Lip gloss
Posie tint
Compact Mirror

Oh my, that seems like a lot :eek:

toucan

LOL at the image of liah with her "clown car."

I forgot something very important for my list. I always have Hollywood Fashion Tape in my bag. Some people call it "tit tape" but that's not what I use it for. Basically it's a little tin with strips of double-sided tape. It's brilliant for all sorts of emergencies like rips, clothes that won't stay where they are suposed to etc..

Highy recommend!

RxQueen

i dont do hangbags all that much, never really bring one to work.. pockets are great

minidazzler

Wibbs wrote: »

Apologies in advance for the bloke intrusion....
With that lot they could start a fire, make a signal, write help letters and make a sail for the raft and take pictures for the inevitable book that would follow.

And with all the make-up, they will look great doing it!!!

Ladies, half the stuff ye carry in ye're bag's I could only Dream of taking!!!

Swiss Army Knives!!!! My pockets are already full!!!
Camera's?


I wish I didn't look like a plonker with a man bag!!!

[/jealousy]

My handbag tends to be quite respectable. It is only really to try stop me losing my keys, phone, camera and bank link.

My car is something else though.

Nevyn

Moonbaby wrote: »

My handbag tends to be quite respectable. It is only really to try stop me losing my keys, phone, camera and bank link.

My car is something else though.

Handbag on wheels darling, handbag on wheels.

Silverfish

Canon EOS 20D
18-55mm lens
Wallet (made of duct tape!)
iPhone
Elizabeth Arden 8 Hour cream
1 x Foundation
1 x Lipstick
a paper cocktail umbrella (you never know when you need to add class to your drink)
1.2kg spare change
Hair bobbin
2 hairslides
Miss Army knife (pink swiss army knife)
Cigarettes

This is the reduced version, I used to have one hell of a list, then I realised that the emergency / zombie invasion / nuclear holocaust I was preparing for was unlikely to happen while I was out for a stroll.

Nevyn

Silverfish wrote: »

This is the reduced version, I used to have one hell of a list, then I realised that the emergency / zombie invasion / nuclear holocaust I was preparing for was unlikely to happen while I was out for a stroll.

I have been known to leave the house with just the mp3 player, keys wallet and gum, but if I am going a distance or have kids with me, it's just easier.

orestes

Wibbs wrote: »

Apologies in advance for the bloke intrusion....

Wow! :eek: That's all I can say. Right I'm now taking names of those out there I want with me on a desert island for survival purposes. liah is in the lead so far with GirlInterrupted coming a close second. With that lot they could start a fire, make a signal, write help letters and make a sail for the raft and take pictures for the inevitable book that would follow.

Handbags have fascinated me. Damn near every woman I've known for any length of time has helped me out with something out of her handbag. One ex of mine had a first aid kit in hers. I laughed when I brought her fishing one time and she brought it with her. Oh how I laughed at her. Right up to the moment when I hooked myself in the ear. Her laughter ended up being louder....The design aspect too. One of my women mates reckons I'm a dab hand at spotting a good un. Must be right beside the love for gooey choccy gene on my Y chromosome.

BTW Great idea for a thread I have to say.

Your surprise is down to you not understanding the principles of handbag-temporal dynamics sir. It is a theory I have been working on that is understood implicitly by all women but cannot be grasped by men for some reason.

Essentially, handbags do not correspond to the same spatial-temporal dimensions as the rest of physical matter in the universe. This is because they are not in fact comprised of temporal matter. Rather, each handbag is a portal or wormhole (think along the lines of stargate here) to an enormous central hub which is infinite in capacity and contains all of the convenient and useful items that a lady might need and can be retrieved in a moment of crisis.

I call it the Mary Poppins theory

aloevera

phone
keys
cigarettes depending on if im in a social smoker mood or have been out the weekend
foundation
blusher
bronzer
eyebrow pencil
paper clips
post its
deodrant
perfume
lip gloss
hair slides/clips
stapler
pen
eyebrow pencil
mascara
receipts that are possibly 6 months old
laser
chocolate bar wrappers
a large scissors on occasion
baby wipes
my laptop
plug for laptop
a4 pad/dairy on occasion
hhhmmm, oh sunglasses
white board markers

minidazzler

orestes wrote: »

Your surprise is down to you not understanding the principles of handbag-temporal dynamics sir. It is a theory I have been working on that is understood implicitly by all women but cannot be grasped by men for some reason.

Essentially, handbags do not correspond to the same spatial-temporal dimensions as the rest of physical matter in the universe. This is because they are not in fact comprised of temporal matter. Rather, each handbag is a portal or wormhole (think along the lines of stargate here) to an enormous central hub which is infinite in capacity and contains all of the convenient and useful items that a lady might need and can be retrieved in a moment of crisis.

I call it the Mary Poppins theory

And I get a 2x4 inch wallet that when full of change presses into me arse. Gender equality my hole!!!

girloperfection

Purse
Glasses
Keys
Vaseline
Pen
Selotape
Inhaler
Mirror
Hairbrush

Nevyn

minidazzler wrote: »

And I get a 2x4 inch wallet that when full of change presses into me arse. Gender equality my hole!!!

Get yourself a backpack.

orestes

minidazzler wrote: »

And I get a 2x4 inch wallet that when full of change presses into me arse. Gender equality my hole!!!

Thaedydal wrote: »

Get yourself a backpack.

Or at the very least stop putting your wallet up there :eek:

stiff kitten

pocket diary
phone
sunglasses
keys
pen
purse
tissues
lip balm
concealer
water
mp3

Kablamo!

Hand cream
Hand sanitizer
Plasters
Wallet
Nail file
Hair slides
Hair brush
Deodarant (hate spelling that word?)
Perfume
Assorted makedups
Chewing gum
Phone
Keys
Dinosaur flashlight

Blush_01

My handbag is new, I bought it at the weekend, and I was in a rush so I don't have much in it, everything is at home in my other handbag.

I currently have:

Filofax
Umbrella
Keys (incl. trolley key, house keys for home and apartment, new house keys, mini maglite, nail clippers) on a lanyard so I can find them when I need them
Two phones
MP3 player
Current book
Selection of pens
Sunglasses
Bottle of water
8 nuts, bolts and washers
Ryvita (in case I get peckish)
Phones
Brownie recipe
Mini sewing kit
Pain killers
Vitamin C tablets
Calcium tablets
Hugo Deep Red
Green hoops
Hand mirror
Tweezers
Small hairbrush
Marshmallow flavour lipgloss
Clear, hardening nailpolish

That's about it off the top of my head, but there's plenty of space for more.

Nevyn

Lanyard on keys ftw.

TriceMarie

I find the bigger the bag (although very handy for the amount of stuff you can fit in there) it's harder to find things..."my sack" it's been called once lol,u can always see me endlessly rumiging through it,finally finding what I what...I love big bags BUT hace nearly knocked plates or drinks off tables with them at times when geting up to leave&they are on my shoulder..or nearly knocked PEOPLE out with them when fiting through tight spaces like bus or plane :o lol

There was a time when I was younger when I would never bring a bag...phone in one pocket,purse in the other...but now I couldn't go without it...even WITH my bag one night in taxi on way home my phone slipt out...thank god the driver came up to me with it the next night!!:D

Blush_01

Thaedydal wrote: »

Lanyard on keys ftw.

I genuinely don't know how I survived before I had my keys on the lanyard I use now. If I'm in a hurry in the morning I can just throw them around my neck and keep moving, rather than having to root around for space in my bag.

It might be big, but that doesn't mean it isn't organised.

Novella

I carry a lot of stuff around with me

Purse, with driving license.
Car keys.
Apartment keys.
Perfume.
Hand cream.
Vitamin C tablets.
Glasses.
Eye drops 'cause I have dry eyes
Carmex.
Botanics Super Balm, amazing stuff.
Hair brush.
Tissues.
Chewing gum.
Concealer.
Mascara.
High Beam.
Probably whatever eye make up I have on on a particular day.
A pen.

Doesn't actually seem like that much now that it's written down!

minidazzler

As a matter of interest, who keeps a card or whatever with their phone number on it in their bag in case it gets misplaced or something?

I only ask because my Dad had his Coat stolen in Dublin a few days ago and got it and all his stuff (Everything basically) back because he had his Business Card in there.

G86

I LOVE big handbags, but the problem is that the bigger they are the more crap I manage to cram in!:p

Hairbrush
Hair Product
Eye Liner
2 eyeshadows (wondered were they were til now!)
Foundation
Bronzer
Mascara
Make up brush
Eye pencil sharpener
Loose Change
Pen
Keys
Lip stud
Chain
Book
Election leaflet
Pension plan thingy for my new job
Black nail polish
Mp3 Player (Zen)
Camera
Receipts
Wallet
Good luck poem my aunty gave me before exams
Journal
Perfume
Sunglasses
Hairslides
Safety pin
Drinks promo leaflet


I change bags a fair bit too, but always end up with as much stuff!!

TriceMarie

minidazzler wrote: »

As a matter of interest, who keeps a card or whatever with their phone number on it in their bag in case it gets misplaced or something?

I only ask because my Dad had his Coat stolen in Dublin a few days ago and got it and all his stuff (Everything basically) back because he had his Business Card in there.

Oh wow,he was fairly lucky!
That's a good idea actually,I must do that!:)

dancingqueen

I don't have a Business Card - I could get them made up

"Dancing Queen"

Dancer
Dosser
08x xxxxxxxx


What do ye think?

shellyboo

Silverfish wrote: »

a paper cocktail umbrella (you never know when you need to add class to your drink)

Love it

minidazzler wrote: »

As a matter of interest, who keeps a card or whatever with their phone number on it in their bag in case it gets misplaced or something?

I only ask because my Dad had his Coat stolen in Dublin a few days ago and got it and all his stuff (Everything basically) back because he had his Business Card in there.

If I lost my handbag (highly unlikely unless it got robbed off me since it's enormous) it would have my wallet in it, which has my business cards in it anyway. They'd also get my phone and could call my Mammy if they needed to This has happened to me before when I lost my phone - I left it in a changing room unknowingly and left the shop. 20 minutes later, my boyfriend at the time gets a phone call... looks at me confusedly and says "eh, do you have your phone? Your mother says you left it in a shop"

Cue a moment of severe confusion until I realised that the shop assistant called my mum, who then called the bf.

Anyway! List:

Wallet
Phone
Keys (on a lanyard! Work keys, usb keys, Dublin keys, Donegal keys, and trolley tokens)
iPod
Book
Notepad and pen
Bus timetable
deodorant
perfume
Nurofen
tampons
umbrella
Sun cream (just this week!)
various business cards
a million bus refund tickets
a belt (not sure why that's in there actually)
hairbrush
hair ties
sunglasses in a case

Make up bag, containing:
Foundation
Powder
Blusher
powder brush
2 different types of concealer
mascara
2 eyeliner pencils
eyebrow pencil
pencil sharpener
lip gloss
eyeshadow
2 eyeshadow brushes

... and now, lots of liquid concealer all over my makeup bag. Opened the makeup bag to look and the top had come off. Balls.

Just went and got my bag. .

Currently I have:
-Make-up Bag
-Student ID floating around in there
-Wallet
-Keys
-Phone
-Work Lanyard
-Smokes
-Inhaler (See what I did there)
-Tampons
-Spare Change
-A USB key
-2 pens
-Pay Slip
-Taxi Card
-Free night club pass.

IvyTheTerrible

Purse/wallet
phone
small hairbrush
lip balm
lipstick
diary
pen
pencil
work id/swipe card
Bus ticket
glasses cleaning product
tissues
tampons

Occasionally I will also have a city map (new to this city so if I go shopping I need it), book (good to have something to read if you're waiting for an appointment) and an umbrella.

Ginny

Currently:
Car keys
Work keys
Home Keys
Mirror
Buspass
Change
swipe for work
2 lip balms
moisturiser
Bronzer
Blusher
concealer
Powder
Brush for Powder
mascara
blot paper
2 pens
earphone+phone
Wallet
umbrella
plasters
pain pills
tampons
another umbrella(?)
List of stuff to do
2 pens
magazine
bottle of water
I also had my lunch in it earlier:
1 banana, 1 apple, light choccy mousse, 2 wholewheat wraps, some fried mince with onions and peppers for the wraps, some sour cream and some blue cheese for the wraps.
forgot hair things
and eye cream
think thats it, but its a light day.

star-pants

wow...

see sometimes yes they're useful, and if I'm going somewhere i'll make sure to have plasters n whatnot with me.
but just general everyday, I usually hate a handbag... so annoying. If I could just put my wallet / phone/keys into my pockets I would. And have when I wear appropriate jeans

Right now *grabs bag*
-lip gloss
-poop bag (for when taking dogs out in car and then for walk)
-prescription claim form
-wallet (decepticon)
-phone cover
-tissues
-pen
-lip balm
-car keys
-house keys
-mini deodorant
-lighter
-mini perfume
-ooh that's where my necklace went....

that's it